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state.gov is the official website of The U.S. Department of State, is the United States government agency that deals with foreign affairs and international relations, including economic, consular, cultural, educational and other diplomatic issues. The organization's duties include providing assistance to Americans living or traveling abroad; issuing passports; promoting trade exports; encouraging tourism in America; protecting American citizens abroad through its Consular Services Bureau (which provides emergency services to U.S. citizens when they are detained overseas); fostering dialogue among nations on key global issues by engaging with civil society groups around the world at all levels of society to build people-to-people ties between them and the U.S.; maintaining a strong military presence throughout the globe via its Diplomatic Security Service.